By David Bauder, Media Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --Two long-running television competitions, "American Idol" and "Survivor," debuted new seasons this past week but it was another old reliable that beat them both.
"NCIS," where star Mark Harmon has been solving crimes since the series began on CBS in September 2003, was easily the most-watched series of the week and the only to exceed 10 million viewers in live viewing, the Nielsen company said.
"American Idol" was ABC's most popular show last week, and exceeded 8 million viewers for a round of auditions. "Survivor," which is bringing back 20 former winners to compete in its 20th season in 2020, was seen by 6.7 million people
With football and awards show seasons ending in a mid-winter week, the television schedule reverted to some semblance of normal. CBS dominated its rivals with an average of 4.6 million viewers in prime time.
ABC was second with an average of 3.2 million, NBC had 3.1 million, Fox had 2 million, ION Television had 1.04 million, Univision had 1.02 million, Telemundo had 680,000 and the CW had 570,000.
Fox News channel was the most popular cable network, averaging 3.15 million viewers in primetime. TNT had 2.37 million, MSNBC had 1.64 million, HGTV had 1.26 million and History had 1.24 million.
ABC's "World News Tonight" won the evening news ratings race with an average of 9 million viewers. NBC's "Nightly News" had 7.9 million viewers and the "CBS Evening News had 5.9 million.
For the week of Feb. 10-16, the 20 most popular shows, networks and viewers were:
1. "NCIS," CBS, 11.76 million.
2. "FBI," CBS, 8.94 million.
3. "Young Sheldon," CBS, 8.9 million.
4. "Chicago Fire," NBC, 8.29 million.
5. "Chicago Med," NBC, 8.18 million.
6. "American Idol," ABC, 8.07 million.
7. "60 Minutes," CBS, 8.03 million.
8. "Blue Bloods," CBS, 7.46 million.
9. "America's Got Talent Champions," NBC, 7.17 million.
10. "Chicago PD," NBC, 7 million.
11. "Hawaii Five-0," CBS, 6.95 million.
12. "Survivor," CBS, 6.7 million.
13. "The Masked Singer," Fox, 6.64 million.
14. "The Bachelor," ABC, 6.43 million.
15. "This is Us," NBC, 6.42 million.
16. "The Neighborhood," CBS, 6.41 million.
17. "Bull," CBS, 6.32 million.
18. "Mom," CBS, 6.27 million.
19. "The Conners," ABC, 6.21 million.
20. "FBI: Most Wanted," CBS, 6.12 million.
Juliette Welfling Takes On A Musical, A Crime Thriller, Comedy and Drama In “Emelia Pérez”
Editor Juliette Welfling has a track record of close-knit, heartfelt collaboration with writer-director Jacques Audiard, a four-time BAFTA Award nominee for Best Film not in the English Language--starting with The Beat That My Heart Skipped in 2006, then A Prophet in 2010, Rust and Bone in 2013, and Dheepan in 2017. He won for The Beat That My Heart Skipped and A Prophet.
Welfling cut three of those features: A Prophet, Rust and Bone, and Dheepan. And that shared filmography has since grown to most recently include Emelia Pérez, the Oscar buzz-worthy film from Netflix. Welfling herself is not stranger to Academy Award banter. In fact, she earned a Best Achievement in Film Editing Oscar nomination in 2008 for director Julian Schnabel’s The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
Emelia Pérez is a hybrid musical/drama/thriller which introduces us to a talented but undervalued lawyer named Rita (portrayed by Zoe Saldana) who receives a lucrative offer out of the blue from a feared drug cartel boss who’s looking to retire from his sordid business and disappear forever by becoming the woman he’s always dreamt of being (Karla Sofía Gascón in a dual role as Manitas Del Monte/Emilia Pérez). Rita helps pull this off, orchestrating the faked death of Del Monte who leaves behind a widow (Jessi, played by Selena Gomez) and kids. While living comfortably and contently in her/their new identity, Pérez misses the children. Pérez once again enlists Rita--this time to return to family life, reuniting with the kids by pretending to be their aunt, the sister of Del Monte. Now as an aunt, Pérez winds up adopting a more altruistic bent professionally,... Read More